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AI Next Campaign

The advance of technology has evolved the roles of humans and machines in conflict from direct confrontations between humans to engagements mediated by machines… read more

7 Ways to Tell if an AI Company is Lying About Using AI

A few months ago, we spoke about three rules of thumb for assessing companies and trying to figure out if they are really doing AI or just using it for marketing purposes in our How to Cut Through the Artificial Intelligence Hype piece… read more

AI has huge potential to transform our lives, but the term itself is being abused in very worrying ways, says Zachary Lipton, an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University… read more

The devilishly quiet age of AI

The world is in a deceptively quiet period in which some companies and countries are aggressively developing and applying early, rudimentary models of artificial intelligence, but the impact is not visible… read more

Artificial intelligence can transform the economy

After half a century of hype and false starts, artificial intelligence may finally be starting to transform the U.S. economy. An example is machine translation, as we found when analyzing eBay’s deployment in 2014 of an AI-based tool…read more

Leaders in AI

In case you missed our BootstrapLabs Applied AI Conference this past April, we’d like to share with you a portion of the highlights and discussions that took place about interesting sectors like FinTech, HealthTech, Media, Energy and more.

Check out our video below on “How AI is Transforming the Media.” If you’re curious and would like to explore more topics about AI, check out our YouTube Channel.

During this session, the panelists discuss AI in FinTech, data privacy and security, interpretability of algorithms and the need for a strong relationship with regulators.

Upcoming Events

This Thursday, discover how machine learning technology is evolving B2C businesses and where the biggest innovations in the space are coming from.

The world is in a deceptively quiet period in which some companies and countries are aggressively Nodle.io, an Internet of Things (IoT) and connectivity network provider, today announced a $1.5 million seed round and the launch of a new cryptocurrency for monetizing IoT connections, applications and data…. read more

The first AI approved to diagnose disease is tackling blindness in rural areas

Diabetes is on the rise globally, and with it, diabetic retinopathy, a leading cause of blindness. About one-third of the estimated 285 million people with diabetes worldwide have signs of diabetic retinopathy… read more

Left Unchecked, Artificial Intelligence Can Become Prejudiced All On Its Own

If artificial intelligence were to run the world, it wouldn’t be so bad — it could objectively make decisions on exactly the kinds of things humans tend to screw up. But if we’re gonna hand over the reins to AI, it’s gotta be fair… read more

10 Amazing Examples Of How Deep Learning AI Is Used In Practice

You may have heard about deep learning and felt like it was an area of data science that is incredibly intimidating. How could you possibly get machines to learn like humans? Here, are 10 examples of how deep learning is used in practice that will help you visualize the potential… read more

The Pentagon is investing $2 billion in artificial intelligence

If North Korea’s dear leader wakes up tomorrow, takes a crazy pill and decides to lob a nuclear missile at the US mainland, there’s a good chance the military will be relying on artificial intelligence to protect us… read more

Don’t Believe the Algorithm

Blind faith in machines (and machine learning) has left us vulnerable to biased and incoherent AI. The solution? A healthy dose of skepticism and human oversight… read more

Leaders in AI

In case you missed our conference, we’d like to share with you a portion of the program that highlights leaders at the intersection of Applied AI and Industry.

During this session, the panelists discuss AI in FinTech, data privacy and security, interpretability of algorithms and the need for a strong relationship with regulators.

Upcoming Events

Date and Time: Tuesday September 18, 2018 | 5:30 pm to 8:30 pmLocation: The Google Launchpad Space, 543 Howard St., San Francisco, California 94105Registration: This event is INVITE ONLY. If you did not receive an invitation you can request one below.

Artificial Intelligence Is Now a Pentagon Priority. Will Silicon Valley Help?

In a May memo to President Trump, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis implored him to create a national strategy for artificial intelligence. Mr. Mattis argued that the US was not keeping pace with the ambitious plans of China… read more

AI is helping find lead pipes in Flint, Michigan

The algorithm is saving about $10 million as part of an effort to replace the city’s water infrastructure… read more

The International 2018: Results

OpenAI Five lost two games against top Dota 2 players at The International in Vancouver this week, maintaining a good chance of winning for the first 20-35 minutes of both games… read more

AI Can Manipulate Video to Make Everybody Dance Now

In a paper posted to the arXiv preprint server this week, researchers at the University of California Berkeley demonstrate how they designed AI that, given video of an expert dancer and an amateur, can transfer the moves… read more

Facial recognition edges toward the mainstream

Companies are planning to use facial scans to identify you in stores, restaurants, and sports arenas, and tag you for specialized ads and custom coupons — widening the potential for privacy breaches… read more

Upcoming Events

Date and Time: Tuesday September 18, 2018 | 5:30 pm to 8:30 pmLocation: The Google Launchpad Space, 543 Howard St., San Francisco, California 94105Registration: This event is INVITE ONLY. If you did not receive an invitation you can request one below.

During this session, the speakers discussed the impact of autonomous driving long term, the steps required to make autonomous driving successful and all the challenges we’re still facing to adopt this technology

APPLIED AI INSIDERS SERIES EVENT

BootstrapLabs is excited to announce our next Applied AI Insiders Series event on Cybersecurity & AI: Risks and Opportunities

Event Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Event Description: US organization are expected to spend over $100 billion per year in cybersecurity, a number that is projected to grow significantly given the massive adoption of cloud, the number of connected devices, and increasing cyber-crimes activities. While cybersecurity startups brought in around $4.2 billion in VC funding — breaking a 2015 high, even with a similar number of deals compared to the previous two years, the need for data privacy and protection grows. So does the need for secure and intelligent communication networks, reliable and fast authentication, fail safe and redundancy planning and certified and established regulatory systems. The future of cybersecurity offers many risks, but also business opportunities enabled by applying artificial intelligence to protect people, operations, organization and nation states. Join us for the evening where we will deep dive into the different dimension related to the intersection of AI and cybersecurity.

Artificial intelligence ‘did not miss a single urgent case’

A study by Moorfields Eye Hospital in London and the Google company DeepMind found that a machine could learn to read complex eye scans and detect more than 50 eye conditions.

Doctors hope artificial intelligence could soon play a major role in helping to identify patients who need urgent treatment….read more

Amazon Alexa completes its tie-up with Microsoft Cortana

Users of Amazon’s Alexa and Microsoft’s Cortana can now access features of the other’s virtual assistant, the companies announced Wednesday.

The integration gives Alexa and Cortana greater powers as they compete with Apple’s Siri and Alphabet’sGoogle Assistant… read more

Artificial Intelligence Still Isn’t All That Smart

In the business world, machine learning often goes by the annoying moniker of “artificial intelligence.” That science-fiction buzzword evokes visions of godlike sentient computers, when in fact, the product is much closer to a statistical regression… read more

Bigger data and more intelligent algorithms are being processed and analyzed faster in an API-enabled, open source environment. J.P. Morganis committed to understanding how this technology-driven landscape could differentiate your stock, sector, portfolio, and asset class strategies… read more

How to Automate Surveillance Easily with Deep Learning

This article is a quick tutorial for implementing a surveillance system using Object Detection based on Deep Learning. It also compares the performance of different Object Detection models using GPU multiprocessing for inference, on Pedestrian Detection… read more

Portfolio Update

Indus.ai raises $3.7 mln in round led by Pierre Omidyar’s UP2398

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, July 23, 2018: indus.ai, the world’s most advanced construction intelligence-as-a-service solution, announced today their $3.7 million (USD) Seed Round of financing led by Pierre Omidyar’s UP2398. The new round of funding will be used to accelerate product development & engineering, marketing, and sales… read more

AAI18 Opening Keynote | Human + Machine : Reimagining Work in the Age of AI

During our annual Artificial Intelligence Conference, Paul Daugherty presented the opening keynote speech which shared ideas for reimagining the Future of Work using Applied AI. Mr. Daugherty highlighted AI as the alpha trend in technology and communicated the importance of labor distribution amongst humans and our machine counterparts. While he identified opportunities for businesses to prepare for the impact of artificial intelligence, he also addressed new approaches to work utilizing collaborative intelligence that will inevitably shape our future in astounding ways. To gain insight into his vision, watch Mr. Daugherty’s full conference presentation below.

Collaborative Intelligence: Humans and AI Are Joining Forces

11 Ways AI Can Be Used By The Government

There is much debate surrounding artificial intelligence and how it should be used in multiple settings. Recently, even members of Congress weighed in on what they believe AI would and would not be useful for… read more

Confronting Demons of the Computer Age

In a shift that is roiling typically cocooned computer scientists, some researchers — uneasy in part about the role of technology in the 2016 election — are urging colleagues to determine and mitigate the societal impact of their peer-reviewed work before it’s published… read more

The State of AI Applications in Healthcare – An Overview of Trends

The healthcare industry has for a while now been a bit of a hotspot for artificial intelligence. It is particularly primed to benefit from the potentialities of AI because it deals with huge amounts of data on a daily basis… read more

Are Autonomous Cars Safer? New Guidelines Probably Won’t Tell Us

The introduction of autonomous features on cars has at its core a laudable goal: saving lives. But so far, there is a lack of independent data to judge whether the technology is working… read more

2017 AI Digest Review

Every week the BootstrapLab’s team curates the most interesting and current articles on Artificial Intelligence. To inspire you in 2018, we wanted to share our Applied AI Digest Review – a recap of all the major AI news and trends of 2017.

AAI18 Closing Keynote – Where AI Is Today and Where it’s Going

Over the next several weeks we’ll be releasing the videos from the sessions from the BootstrapLabs Applied AI Conference 2018. During this session, the panelists discussed the future of authentication, leveraging AI to prevent and detect threats and security around databases that collect our information.

Artificial intelligence has learned to probe the minds of other computers

Anyone who’s had a frustrating interaction with Siri or Alexa knows that digital assistants just don’t get humans. What they need is what psychologists call theory of mind, an awareness of others’ beliefs and desires…Read more

From talking robots to self-driving cars, the evolution of modern technology owes a great deal to sci-fi pop culture… Read more

Improving Connectomics by an Order of Magnitude

The field of connectomics aims to comprehensively map the structure of the neuronal networks that are found in the nervous system, in order to better understand how the brain works…Read more

Artificial intelligence could be our saviour, according to the CEO of Google

“AI is probably the most important thing humanity has ever worked on. I think of it as something more profound than electricity or fire,” he said…Read more

African Master’s In Machine Intelligence

Facebook is pleased to announce its support for the creation of a new master’s degree program “African Masters in Machine Intelligence” at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)… Read more

2017 AI Digest Review

Every week the BootstrapLab’s team curates the most interesting and current articles on Artificial Intelligence. To inspire you in 2018, we wanted to share our Applied AI Digest Review – arecap of all the major AI news and trends of 2017.

Over the next several weeks we’ll be releasing the videos from the sessions from the BootstrapLabs Applied AI Conference 2018. During this session, the panelists discussed the future of authentication, leveraging AI to prevent and detect threats and security around databases that collect our information.

“The Machine.”

When most venture capitalists want approval to make a new investment, they go to their partners. When venture capitalists at GV do it, they go to something called “The Machine.”​… Read more.

Crowdsourced Sentiment Analysis – Applications in Social Media and Customer Service

Over the last 3-4 years, sentiment analysis has become a more and more common term – understood by marketers and businesspeople alike… Read more

Improving Connectomics by an Order of Magnitude

The field of connectomics aims to comprehensively map the structure of the neuronal networks that are found in the nervous system, in order to better understand how the brain works…Read more

LETHAL AUTONOMOUS WEAPONS PLEDGE

Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to play an increasing role in military systems. There is an urgent opportunity and necessity for citizens, policymakers, and leaders to distinguish between acceptable and unacceptable uses of AI… Read more

Kawasaki Robotics offers insight into how industrial robots are made

How are industrial robots built? In this article, Kawasaki Robotics, one of the world’s largest industrial robot makers, provides a guide on the components and the movement of robot arms… Read more

How would you teach AI to be kind?

We’re supporting EthicsNet and asking the public for help on how we can best to teach machines about kindness, in creating a dataset of pro-social behaviours. This could be an important step on the road to AI safety, making various proposed algorithms trainable and deployable.

2017 AI Digest Review

Every week the BootstrapLab’s team curates the most interesting and current articles on Artificial Intelligence. To inspire you in 2018, we wanted to share our Applied AI Digest Review – arecap of all the major AI news and trends of 2017.

Over the next several weeks we’ll be releasing the videos from the sessions from the BootstrapLabs Applied AI Conference 2018. During this session, the panelists discussed the future of authentication, leveraging AI to prevent and detect threats and security around databases that collect our information.

Fear artificial stupidity, not artificial intelligence

Stephen Hawking thinks computers may surpass human intelligence and take over the world. We won’t ever be silicon slaves, insists an AI expert… Read more

To make Curiosity (et al.) more curious, NASA and ESA smarten up AI in space

NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover has done many great things in its decade-plus of service—but initially, it rolled 600 feet past one of the initiative’s biggest discoveries: the Block Island meteorite… Read more

Artificial intelligence will be net UK jobs creator, finds report

Artificial intelligence is set to create more than 7m new UK jobs in healthcare, science and education by 2037, more than making up for the jobs lost in manufacturing and other sectors through automation, according to a report…Read more

Facial recognition technology: The need for public regulation and corporate responsibility

All tools can be used for good or ill. Even a broom can be used to sweep the floor or hit someone over the head. The more powerful the tool, the greater the benefit or damage it can cause… ​Read more

Medical AI Safety: We have a problem.

This is the start of a new blog series on the most important topic I will probably ever write about: medical AI safety. This is a timely discussion, because we are approaching a tipping point… Read more

How would you teach AI to be kind?

We’re supporting EthicsNet nad asking the public for help on how we can best to teach machines about kindness, in creating a dataset of pro-social behaviours. This could be an important step on the road to AI safety, making various proposed algorithms trainable and deployable.

2017 AI Digest Review

Every week the BootstrapLab’s team curates the most interesting and current articles on Artificial Intelligence. To inspire you in 2018, we wanted to share our Applied AI Digest Review – arecap of all the major AI news and trends of 2017.